if the fbi has worked for a while to disrupt them. faisal shahzad, the times square bomber, he was not on anybody's radar screen when he emerged that day when his it -- with his attempted car bomb. we've got to be concerned. we have individuals who can go abroad and be trained, or be trained over the internet themselves. host: at the beginning of the month, the u.s. as a bid the haqqani network as a terrorist group. what is the threat? guest: this is a group that has not only amplified the efforts of al qaeda in the pakistan and northern africa region, but it has been responsible for the worst attacks in afghanistan. there have been attacking u.s. and coalition troops and afghani route for goods and services. the haqqani network forms part of a network that the pakistani intelligence services in some ways relies on and keeps in contact with to be able to influence what happens in afghanistan. this is one of the major thorns in the side of the relationship between the u.s. and pakistan. from the u.s. perspective, this is a naimey group